Oil-stove.



R. HOFFMAN.

OIL STOVE. v APPLICATION FILEDl NOV. 10, 1913.

Patented 11111.21, 1914 PICLZ.

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messes lful Improvements in Oil-Stoves,

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RUDOLPH HOFFMAN, OF CHIAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB -T0 SEARS, ROEBUCK ANB' COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F` NEW YORK,

OIL-STOVE.

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vSpeoication of Letters Patent. Pgmgn'ted App, 21,1914,

Application led November 10, 1913. Seria1 No. 800,066.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates particularly to irnp-rovements in oil reservoirs for oil-burning cook stoves and ranges.

One of the Objects of the invention is to provide improved means for removably supporting the reservoir.

Another object is to produce means forconnecting a carrying bail to-a glass reservoir.

In the accom anying is a ragmenta stove provided with a reservoir embodying the features ol my invention. Fig. 2 is a from the right-hand side of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary' horizontal sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, 1 denotes be of any suitable or preferred character, and 2 designates an end wall ot the stove.

3 is a horizontally disposed` member which is attached to the wall 2 by suitable means such, connecting member' drawings, Figure f1 4L. The parts 3 and l may be formed from an integral piece of' sheet metal. The member 3 is supported in part by two arms 5 attached at their ends to the outer corners of the member 4 and to the wall 2. Fixed to the'member land extending downwardly therefrom is a well 6, the lower end of which communicates with the btzirner 1 through the medium of a feed .ipe

p in thek present embodiment of the invention, the oil tank 8 is of glass and comprises a cylindrical body 9 having a neck 10. IThe neck 10 is provided with suitable means lor closing it, such as a cap yor closure 11 adapted to which may be arranged to be closed by any preferred means such as a valve 13 iixed to a stem 14s, said stem being guided by a standing loop 15. A sprin-g 16 tends to move the valve 13 into position to close the opening 12. Then the tank is in place, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the stem 1A- rests upon the bottom 'of the well 6,

have invented certain new and usefront elevation of an oi'la burner which may for example, as aninclinedy be screwed onto the neck. ihe closure 11'has an outlet opening 12v thereby holding the valve 13 open. Vhen thetank 1s lifted out of pla-ce, the spring .16 seats the valve 13. The tank 8 1s arthe latter being notched as at 17 to receive two diametrically opposite projections on the body 9. These projections may' be of any suitable construction; shown them as each consisting of a tlanged sheet metal member 18 secured by a bolt 19 and nut -20 to a band 21 that encircles the body 9. The band 9.1 may lie within an annular groove 22 in the body 9, as shown. The body 9 has va recess 9 to lreceivethe flanged member 18 from driving the head of the bolt into contact with the glass. vportion of the band 21 which bridges the recess serves t'o cushion shocks received by the member 18.' To prevent the band from shifting circumferentially of the tank, suitable means may, if desired, be used, such. as the interlocking connection herein disclosed consisting of a lug 23 on the body 9 projecting into a eut-out or recess 24: in one edge of erably slightly below the center of gravity of the tank when the latter is in operative position so that when the user takes holdof the bail and liftsl the reservoir ott its supports the reservoir shall turn through 180o into'position tobe filled. When the tank is in position for use, theneck 1Q extends into the :well 6;

In the present embodiment of the invention, the weight of the tank is carried by the arms 5, swinging movement (to right or left, Fig. 1) b ing prevented bybosses 25 on the member 3, which bosses are in position to come -in'ro contact with the neck 10. v2G is a carrying bail having loops 27 that are pivotally mounted on the iia'nged members 18.

Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the tank in operative position, the outlet 12 being open, and the well 6 being partly filled with oil. When the user observes, that 4the tank is nearly empty, she grasps the bail 26' and lilts the tank o from its supports 5, the valve 13 closing automatically, and the tank turning through 180. The closure 11 is then unscrewed, a quantity ofoil poured into the tank, the closurefre'placed, and the tank inverted and set on the arms 5.

head of the bolt 19, saidrecess being oil nsufficient size to prevent a blow upon the The the band. The anged members 18. are prefranged to be supported upon the arms 5,

herein I .have

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lwith t p depending -from I Yclaim as my invention: 1L In an oil stove, a stove frame, a tank having a body and a'neck,two diametrically opposite pro 'ections on said .body intermediate the en s of the body, two supports on the stove frame, said projections resting upon-said supports, and a well below the.supports,the neck of the tank extending into said well.

l2. In' an oilstove, a stove frame, a horimeans for securing said member to thestove frame, two arms connectin the outer portions of said member o stove frame, a well attached to and said member, anda tank upon said arms, said tank portion extending into said arranged to rest having an outlet well. f -"7 3. In an oil st4 ve, a stove frame, a horizontal member, 'meansfor .securing the inner portion of said member to the Vstove frame, two arms connecting the outer-portions of said member to the stove frame, a lwell attached to said member, said arms tions arrangedto lie in sa and whereb having notches in their upper edges, and :i tank having diametrica'lly o posite projecid) notches, sul tank havin an outlet portion extending into said we l.

4. In an oil stove, a stove frame, a glass oil tank, metal projections secured to said tank intermediate its ends, supports on the stove-'frame on which said' projections bear, said tank is supported, and a Well into w ich the tank extends. 5. In an oil stove, a glass oil tank havin a groove extending around it, a metal bang in said groove, two metallic projections secured to opposite portions of said band, supporting means on `which said projections rest, and means to prevent the tank from swinging on said supportin means.

In testimony whereof I a in presence of two Witnesses.

RUDOLPH HOFFMAN. Witnesses:

C. 'PAUL PARKER, GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

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